Full awards and nominations of The Towering Inferno
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Action. Drama
Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. He goes to the party that night concerned he's found that his wiring specifications have not been followed and that the building continues to develope short circuits. When the fire begins Michael O'Halleran is the chief on duty as a series of daring rescues punctuate the terror of a building too tall to have a fire successfully fought from the ground burns. [+]
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47th Academy Awards (1975) - Movies from 1974
- nom. Best Picture
- nom. Best Supporting Actor (Fred Astaire)
- winner Best Film Editing (Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress)
- winner Best Cinematography (Fred J. Koenekamp, Joseph F. Biroc)
- nom. Best Music (Score) (John Williams)
- winner Best Song (Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn (We May Never Love Like This Again))
- nom. Best Production Design (William J. Creber, Ward Preston, Raphael Bretton)
- nom. Best Sound Mixing (Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis)
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32th Golden Globes Awards (1975) - Movies from 1974
- winner Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture (Fred Astaire)
- nom. Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Jennifer Jones)
- winner Most Promising Newcomer - Female (Susan Flannery)
- nom. Best Screenplay (Stirling Silliphant)
- nom. Best Original Song ("We May Never Love Like This Again" (Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn))
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BAFTA 1976: British Academy Film Awards (Movies from 1975)
- winner Best Supporting Actor (Fred Astaire)
- nom. Best Cinematographer (Fred J. Koenekamp)
- nom. Best Art Direction (William J. Creber)
- winner Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music (John Williams)
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David di Donatello Awards 1975
- winner Best Foreign Film